attainder noun. [ǝ'teɪndǝ] LME.
[Anglo-Norman attainder, atteinder, use as noun of inf. atteinder, Old & mod. French atteindre ATTAIN verb: see -ER⁴.]
1. Hist. The action or process of attainting; spec. the legal consequences of a sentence of death or outlawry, i.e. forfeiture of estate, deprivation of rank or title, and loss of civil rights generally. LME.
act of attainder, bill of attainder: introduced in Parliament for attainting a person without trial.

2. fig. Condemnation; dishonour; slander. L16-M18.
■ Shakespeare Richard II Have mine honour soil'd With the attainder of his slanderous lips.
■ S. Johnson A resumption of ancestral claims, and a kind of restoration to blood after the attainder of a trade.

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